Nature Never Hurries

Nature Never Hurries. Atom by Atom, Little by Little She Achieves Her Work. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Armadillo girdled lizard

Kevin Murray

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“A tropical spiny agama on an eland skull. The white ‘peaks’ behind the tail are the teeth of the eland.

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.”

Daniel Rosengren

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I’ve Know About Draco Lizards(Genus: Draco) For Awhile But I Wanted To Share

JeweltheTiger

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Frilled Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii) in defensive posture, Queensland, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide

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Eastern Blue-tongue Skink (Tiliqua scincoides) in defensive posture, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide

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In the vast Namib Sand Sea, a chorus of thousands of 'dropping marbles' led scientists to a new species of gecko

The Skeleton Coast barking gecko.

Francois S. Becker

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Indonesia

"This photo was captured after extensive fieldwork with the support of local rangers," says Alatiqi. "Our focus was to shed light on the Komodo dragon’s interaction with one of its main - yet commonly overlooked - habitats: coastal shorelines. As cold-blooded animals, Komodo dragons rely on external sources to regulate their body temperature. During the scorching heat, they can be seen resting in shallow water or mud to lower their body temperature. As adept swimmers, they will also swim or walk across the seabed to expand their territorial search for food or mates."

Suliman Alatiqi

Ocean Photographer Of The Year

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Galapagos

"Marine iguanas, endemic to the Galapagos, are one of the most iconic species in the archipelago," says de Frias. "They are like miniature dragons, especially in low-angle eye-to-eye portraits like this one. This individual was resting on the black rocks of Santa Cruz Island, sunbathing after a foraging dive. By sheer luck, I photographed the split-second in which it was sneezing the excess salt it had absorbed during its dive. Sneezing is not a discomfort signal; it is a perfectly natural behaviour. I made sure not to disturb the animal, shooting from a very safe distance, using a 600mm lens."

Arturo De Frias

Ocean Photographer Of The Year

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Chameleon

Vladimír Čech Jr.

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Panther Chameleon

A Chosen Soul

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“A saiga calf, only one or two days old. Don’t worry, the rest of the body will grow and catch up with the legs.

Photographed in Altyn Dala NP, Kazakhstan.”

Daniel Rosengren

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Numbat

Straight from the Australian outback comes the numbat, also called the banded anteater. This endangered marsupial is small, striped, and surprisingly single-minded.

It eats nothing but termites.

Gettyimage / Auscape

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Sparring saigas on the steppe

Andrey Giljov

BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition

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‘Huddled together for warmth on a cold morning, these juvenile numbats (affectionately known as numbubs) survey their surroundings for any potential threats. With introduced species such as the feral cat and European red fox to contend with, their formative years are spent learning to blend in with their woodland surroundings, always alert to danger.’ Wiilman country, Dryandra, Western Australia.

Lewis Burnett

Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year

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Pandas can handstand while peeing.

Mark Chivers

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Indian grey hornbill (Ocyceros birostris). 

Kaushik Wildlife

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Giant Anteater

Vladimír Čech Jr.